LEBANON, N.H.—John Edwards shoots baskets in the gymnasium of the Lebanon High School, in Lebanon, N.H., this afternoon. Edwards spoke to the overflow crowd in the gym, before spending nearly ten minutes shooting hoops. Edwards then walked to the cafeteria to address voters at a town hall meeting with his parents, Wallace and Bobbi Edwards. (Robert Willett)

DES MOINES—John Edwards should be in a good mood heading into a weekend of campaigning. He's got his family with him.

Asked the other day what was the most difficult thing about campaigning for president, Edwards said it was being separated from his family, Rob Christensen reports.

On Thursday, Edwards was joined on the campaign trail by his wife Elizabeth, his two children, Emma Claire, and Jack 7 and his parents Wallace and Bobbi. Elizabeth, who has largely been absent from the campaign trail in recent weeks, introduced Edwards in Indianola.

Edwards stumps today in Manchester and Elkader.

In an effort to cut into Hillary Clinton's strong support among women voters,  the Edwards campaign will hold a teleconfernce this morning featuring Kate Michelman, a past president of NARAL and a senior Edwards campaign advisor as well as a number of women elected officials.

DES MOINES—John Edwards hammered away on his major themes—that corporate elites had too much power in Washington—during Thursday's Des Moines Register Democratic debate—the last presidential debate before Iowans go to the polls.

Edwards managed to repeatedly return to the theme that "corporate power and greed have literally taken over the government," Rob Christensen reports.

Most of the early reviews were that the North Carolina senator turned in a good performance.

Joining Edwards in the audience was his wife Elizabeth, who had not been on the campaign trail in recent days. Also present were Edwards parents, Bobbi and Wallace Edwards from Moore County.